Victrola Florenza in Georgetown Kentucky

[dzavracky]

I have never heard of a Florenza before... but boy that is one HELL of a machine. I am not sure if the price is in the ballpark or not... it seems a little steep to me.

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/it ... 426780561/

Here is the link! I hope someone here can get it! It sure is a neat machine

[Curt A]

The machine is nice, BUT the price ($3,000) is ridiculous... and it's HUGE...

[dzavracky]

The Florenza (also called the 9-1) was one of the first true "entertainment systems", pairing a Victor Orthophonic (acoustic) phonograph with an RCA Radiola 25. The radio was powered by a group of batteries that were mounted inside the cabinet. This instrument could be ordered with either a spring powered phonograph (Florenza) or with an electric motor option (Florenza X). The Florenza was introduced in early 1926, and production was discontinued later that year when more advanced (and lower cost) radio/phono systems became available on the market. The cabinet used a figured Walnut veneer with two shades of stain.

The Florenza initially sold for $550.00 when first introduced. The Florenza X sold for $605.00. As the cost for electronic components (used in the radio) decreased, the price of the Florenza model dropped by $75.00 late in 1926.

Approximately 4,000 Florenza phonographs were produced, making it a relatively rare model. Shipping records show that only 20 Florenza X (electrically powered turntable motor) models were made; however serial numbers of surviving examples indicate a higher production volume for the Florenza X model than is indicated on the factory production data.



here is some info I found online on the victor victrola website about it. It seems like a pretty rare phonograph considering only 4000 were made.. BUT I agree. $3000 is too much

[victrola-console78]

I think it was on craigslist and/or ebay last year.

[Skihawx]

The radio is clearly not the original Radiola 25. It is supposed to be a battery radio using 5 UX-199s and a UX-120. What is in there is a Radiola 60 chassis and escutcheons from 1928. That one is going to be a hard sell. Even if it had the right radio chassis. I've had a VV 9-15, which looks just like it only with the Radiola 28, since I was 15. I paid $35 then and I probably would have trouble doubling my money on this one.